Episode 1
Episode 1
8.0 / 10
Recovering in hospital from a blinding triffid sting, Bill Masen, wakes up to an uncanny silence...
Episode credits
Guest stars Jonathan Newth, Ian Halliburton, William Morgan Sheppard, Edmund Pegge, Robert Robinson
TV series
The Day of the Triffids
19811 season6.5 / 10
After an unusual meteor shower leaves most of the human population blind, a merchant navy officer must find a way to conquer tall, aggressive plants which are feeding on people and animals.
Availability
Not streaming in United States
Checked Jul 22, 2026
The Day of the Triffids premiered September 10, 1981. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
After an unusual meteor shower leaves most of the human population blind, a merchant navy officer must find a way to conquer tall, aggressive plants which are feeding on people and animals.
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Episode 2
Episode 2
6.5 / 10
His sight restored, Bill sees the new world of blindness and panic menaced by triffids...
Episode credits
Guest stars Jonathan Newth, Chris Gannon, Stephen Yardley, Max Faulkner, Andrew Paul
Episode 3
Episode 3
7.0 / 10
Bill and Jo try to find refuge from the panic-stricken streets of London and the dangers of the triffids.
Episode credits
Guest stars Denis DeMarne, David Swift, Perlita Neilson
Episode 4
Episode 4
7.0 / 10
Bill finds himself kidnapped, imprisoned and separated from Jo.
Episode credits
Guest stars Eva Griffith, John Hollis, John Benfield, Gary Olsen, Jon Rumney
Episode 5
Episode 5
7.0 / 10
Bill continues his search for Jo, through the spreading disease and maurading triffids...
Episode credits
Guest stars Perlita Neilson, Christopher Owen, Jenny Lipman, Desmond Adams
Episode 6
Episode 6
6.5 / 10finale
Six years later in the Sussex farmhouse, Bill and Jo find themselves cut off by growing numbers of triffids...
Episode credits
Guest stars Jenny Lipman, Desmond Adams, Gary Olsen, Lorna Yabsley, Denis Gilmore, Claire Ballard
Episode information updated Jul 24, 2026
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More about The Day of the Triffids
Cast
Jonathan DuttineBill Masen
Emma RelphJo Payton
Maurice ColbourneJack Coker
Denis DeMarneMajor AndersonEva GriffithTeenage Girl
Jonathan NewthDr Soames
Ian HalliburtonGrant
William Morgan SheppardBill's FatherCredits
- Created by
- Douglas Livingstone
- Written by
- Douglas Livingstone, John Wyndham
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Miniseries
- Episodes
- 6
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
BBC OneUnited Kingdom
BBCUnited Kingdom
Themes
based on novel or bookminiseries